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2021 LKL Playoffs

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2021 LKL playoffs
Tournament details
Dates12 May 2021 – 22 May 2021 (Quarter-finals)
24 May 2021 – 30 May 2021 (Semi-finals)
1 June 2021 – 11 June 2021 (Third place)
2 June 2021 – 7 June 2021 (Final)
Season2020–21
Teams8
Defending championsBC Žalgiris
Final positions
ChampionsŽalgiris (23rd title)
Runner-upRytas
← 2020
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The 2021 LKL Playoffs featured the eight best teams of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) basketball league in Lithuania, competing for the championship spot. This will be the LKL playoffs' 26th edition. Žalgiris achieved their 23rd title overall, eleven consecutive.[1]

The quarter-finals will be played in a best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and (if necessary) third game at home. The semi-finals and finals will be played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seed team playing games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary) at home.

Notable events

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  • On 1 May 2021, Neptūnas made it to the playoffs after winning against Lietkabelis.[2]
  • On 2 May 2021, Rytas secured the second place in the table and their place in the playoffs after winning the match against Šiauliai.[3]
  • On 6 May 2021, the schedule for the playoffs was announced. The quarter-final stage will begin on May 12, and the semi-final stage will begin on May 20. The small final series is scheduled for June 2, June 5 and June 8. The final series dates are June 3, June 6 and June 9.[4]
  • On 15 May 2021, Žalgiris and Juventus became the first teams to reach the Betsafe-LKL semi-finals and formed the first pair of semi-finals. Žalgiris won the series 2-0 against Pieno žvaigždės. Juventus grabbed a difficult victory against Cbet Prienai and won the series with the result 2-0. The first match between these teams will take place on 20 May.[5][6]
  • On 16 May 2021, Lietkabelis became the third semi-final team and won the series 2-0 against Neptūnas. That means Neptūnas season is over.[7]
  • On 22 May 2021, Rytas became fourth semi-final team and won the series 2–0 against Šiauliai. Šiauliai season is over.[8]
  • On 29 May 2021, Žalgiris became first finalist and won the series 3-0 against Juventus. Juventus will play for 3rd place.[9]
  • On 7 June 2021, the last match of the Betsafe-LKL final series took place. Žalgiris won the Betsafe-LKL title, it is already the 23rd Žalgiris title and the 11th consecutive title.[10]

Qualified teams

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 Žalgiris 36 33 3 3277 2569 +708
2 Rytas 36 27 9 3185 2858 +327
3 Lietkabelis 36 23 13 3052 2883 +169
4 Juventus 36 23 13 3202 3102 +100
5 Cbet Prienai 36 14 22 3020 3210 −190
6 Neptūnas 36 14 22 2841 3061 −220
7 Šiauliai 36 13 23 3066 3290 −224
8 Pieno žvaigždės 36 12 24 2864 3043 −179
Source: LKL.LT

Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
1 Žalgiris 2
8 Pieno žvaigždės 0
1 Žalgiris 3
4 Juventus 0
4 Juventus 2
5 Cbet Prienai 0
1 Žalgiris 3
2 Rytas 0
2 Rytas 2
7 Šiauliai 0
2 Rytas 3 Third place
3 Lietkabelis 0
3 Lietkabelis 2 3 Lietkabelis 3
6 Neptūnas 0 4 Juventus 2

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Žalgiris 2–0 Pieno žvaigždės 81–74 100–81
Juventus 2–0 Cbet Prienai 86–72 87–80
Rytas 2–0 Šiauliai 98–60 101–70
Lietkabelis 2–0 Neptūnas 94–93 94–78

Quarter-finals Game 1

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12 May 2021 Juventus 86–72
(Series: 1–0)
Cbet Prienai Utena
18:00 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 29–19, 19–16, 20–25, 18–12
Pts: Crawford 19
Rebs: Skučas 11
Asts: Crawford 5
PIR: Crawford 24
Boxscore Pts: Sargiūnas 27
Rebs: Pacevičius 6
Asts: Lecomte 6
PIR: Sargiūnas 19
Arena: Utena Arena
Attendance: 106
Referees: Artūras Šukys, Vilius Mačiulaitis, Aurimas Borusas
12 May 2021 Žalgiris 81–74
(Series: 1–0)
Pieno žvaigždės Kaunas
18:50 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 28–20, 24–16, 21–19, 8–19
Pts: Grigonis 16
Rebs: Lauvergne 8
Asts: Walkup 7
PIR: Lauvergne 21
Boxscore Pts: Giedraitis 19
Rebs: Želionis 8
Asts: Petrilevičius 5
PIR: Želionis 21
Arena: Žalgiris Arena
Attendance: 150
Referees: Gytis Vilius, Andrius Maleckas, Mindaugas Večerskis
13 May 2021 Lietkabelis 94–93
(Series: 1–0)
Neptūnas Panevėžys
18:00 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 21–29, 24–24, 18–19, 31–21
Pts: Kalaitzakis 19
Rebs: Masiulis, Gagić 5
Asts: Normantas 5
PIR: Kalaitzakis 23
Boxscore Pts: Mažeika, Gailius 17
Rebs: Gailius 5
Asts: Janavičius 11
PIR: Janavičius 28
Arena: Cido Arena
Attendance: 150
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gvidas Gedvilas, Gintaras Mačiulis
20 May 2021 Rytas 98–60
(Series: 1–0)
Šiauliai Vilnius
19:00 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 30–12, 21–17, 21–13
Pts: Goudelock, Kitsing 15
Rebs: Echodas 7
Asts: Bičkauskis 4
PIR: Echodas 17
Boxscore Pts: Urbutis 15
Rebs: Van Vliet 11
Asts: Van Vliet 5
PIR: Van Vliet 21
Arena: Jeep Arena
Attendance: 150
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Andrius Maleckas, Mindaugas Večerskis

Quarter-finals Game 2

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15 May 2021 Pieno žvaigždės 81–100
(Series: 0–2)
Žalgiris Pasvalys
16:30 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 24–30, 25–17, 13–27, 19–26
Pts: Manigat 23
Rebs: Petrilevičius 6
Asts: Franke 7
PIR: Šikšnius 20
Boxscore Pts: Hayes 23
Rebs: Lauvergne 9
Asts: Walkup 6
PIR: Lauvergne 23
Arena: Pieno žvaigždės Arena
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Vilius Mačiulaitis, Andžej Urbanovič
15 May 2021 Cbet Prienai 80–87
(Series: 0–2)
Juventus Prienai
17:20 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 20–22, 20–27, 17–17
Pts: Sušinskas 17
Rebs: Tubutis 10
Asts: Sušinskas 5
PIR: Sušinskas 23
Boxscore Pts: Šulskis 22
Rebs: Skučas 13
Asts: Crawford, Skučas 4
PIR: Skučas 20
Arena: Prienai Arena
Attendance: 130
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Gintaras Mačiulis
16 May 2021 Neptūnas 78–94
(Series: 0–2)
Lietkabelis Klaipėda
17:20 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 20–21, 10–24, 22–25
Pts: Gailius 25
Rebs: Galdikas 6
Asts: Janavičius 10
PIR: Gailius 29
Boxscore Pts: P. Valinskas 20
Rebs: Lipkevičius 11
Asts: P. Valinskas 5
PIR: Lipkevičius 30
Arena: Švyturys Arena
Attendance: 150
Referees: Gytis Vilius, Artūras Šukys, Juozas Barkauskas
22 May 2021 Šiauliai 70–101
(Series: 0–2)
Rytas Šiauliai
17:20 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 12–37, 13–30, 25–15
Pts: Varnas 17
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Furmanavičius 5
PIR: Varnas 18
Boxscore Pts: Girdžiūnas, Butkevičius 16
Rebs: Radzevičius, Butkevičius 6
Asts: Bičkauskis 5
PIR: Butkevičius 24
Arena: Šiauliai Arena
Attendance: 150
Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas, Juozas Barkauskas, Aurimas Borusas

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Žalgiris 3–0 Juventus 100–75 116–80 93–75
Rytas 3–0 Lietkabelis 97–72 94–74 87–80

Semi-finals Game 1

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24 May 2021 Žalgiris 100–75
(Series: 1–0)
Juventus Kaunas
18:50 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 35–16, 17–16, 25–20
Pts: Lauvergne, Walkup 17
Rebs: Jankūnas 8
Asts: Grigonis 6
PIR: Lauvergne 26
Boxscore Pts: Kupšas 18
Rebs: Kupšas 5
Asts: Šulskis 6
PIR: Kupšas 20
Arena: Žalgiris Arena
Attendance: 164
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Gytis Vilius, Vilius Mačiulaitis
25 May 2021 Rytas 97–72
(Series: 1–0)
Lietkabelis Vilnius
18:50 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 32–23, 21–14, 20–19
Pts: Echodas, Girdžiūnas 14
Rebs: Radzevičius 7
Asts: Butkevičius 6
PIR: Echodas 22
Boxscore Pts: Gagić 17
Rebs: Kalaitzakis, Maldūnas 7
Asts: Normantas 4
PIR: Gagić 17
Arena: Jeep Arena
Attendance: 453
Referees: Gytis Vilius, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Andrius Maleckas

Semi-finals Game 2

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26 May 2021 Juventus 80–116
(Series: 0–2)
Žalgiris Utena
18:50 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 16–25, 26–33, 16–35
Pts: Kupšas 23
Rebs: Urbonas 7
Asts: Crawford 5
PIR: Kupšas 25
Boxscore Pts: Jokubaitis 19
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: three players 5
PIR: Jokubaitis 25
Arena: Utena Arena
Attendance: 142
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Artūras Šukys, Gintaras Mačiulis
27 May 2021 Lietkabelis 74–94
(Series: 0–2)
Rytas Panevėžys
18:50 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 22–27, 17–19, 19–29, 16–19
Pts: Masiulis 16
Rebs: P. Valinskas 7
Asts: Normantas 7
PIR: Normantas 19
Boxscore Pts: Goudelock 18
Rebs: Butkevičius 7
Asts: Butkevičius 7
PIR: Echodas 24
Arena: Cido Arena
Attendance: 178
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Tomas Jasevičius, Artūras Šukys

Semi-finals Game 3

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29 May 2021 Žalgiris 93–75
(Series: 3–0)
Juventus Kaunas
17:20 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 30–22, 25–10, 24–21, 14–22
Pts: Grigonis 18
Rebs: Geben 10
Asts: Walkup 5
PIR: Grigonis 25
Boxscore Pts: Kupšas 23
Rebs: Kupšas, Šulskis 7
Asts: Crawford, Urbonas 5
PIR: Kupšas 30
Arena: Žalgiris Arena
Attendance: 185
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Vilius Mačiulaitis, Andžej Urbanovič
30 May 2021 Rytas 87–80
(Series: 3–0)
Lietkabelis Vilnius
16:20 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 20–20, 20–24, 22–12
Pts: Echodas 19
Rebs: Buva, Echodas 7
Asts: Bičkauskis 6
PIR: Echodas 23
Boxscore Pts: Vinales 21
Rebs: Kalaitzakis, Masiulis 6
Asts: Maldūnas, Vinales 2
PIR: Kalaitzakis 15
Arena: Jeep Arena
Attendance: 485
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Gvidas Gedvilas, Juozas Barkauskas

Third place

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Lietkabelis 3–2 Juventus 87–74 74–85 112–82 79–83 84–63

Third-place game 1

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1 Jun 2021 Lietkabelis 87–74
(Series: 1–0)
Juventus Panevėžys
18:50 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 25–14, 23–25, 25–14
Pts: Gagić 24
Rebs: Masiulis 12
Asts: Normantas 5
PIR: Gagić 27
Boxscore Pts: Crawford 22
Rebs: 3 players 4
Asts: Crawford 5
PIR: Crawford 23
Arena: Cido Arena
Attendance: 97
Referees: Gytis Vilius, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Gvidas Gedvilas

Third-place game 2

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4 Jun 2021 Juventus 85–74
(Series: 1–1)
Lietkabelis Utena
18:50 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 21–13, 17–18, 24–22
Pts: Crawford 20
Rebs: Šulskis, Urbonas 6
Asts: Crawford 7
PIR: Crawford 24
Boxscore Pts: Gagić 19
Rebs: Lipkevičius 8
Asts: Normantas, P. Valinskas 4
PIR: Gagić 23
Arena: Utena Arena
Attendance: 146
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius, Artūras Šukys, Vilius Mačiulaitis

Third-place game 3

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6 Jun 2021 Lietkabelis 112–82
(Series: 2–1)
Juventus Panevėžys
17:20 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 37–19, 28–24, 25–24
Pts: Lipkevičius, P. Valinskas 16
Rebs: Kalaitzakis 6
Asts: Normantas 9
PIR: Lipkevičius 19
Boxscore Pts: Kupšas 16
Rebs: Kupšas 6
Asts: Urbonas 9
PIR: Kupšas 26
Arena: Cido Arena
Attendance: 203
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Andrius Maleckas

Third-place game 4

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9 Jun 2021 Juventus 83–79
(Series: 2–2)
Lietkabelis Utena
18:50 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 34–15, 16–28, 11–19, 22–17
Pts: Gecevičius, Šulskis 17
Rebs: Gecevičius 6
Asts: Crawford, Šulskis 4
PIR: Šulskis 22
Boxscore Pts: Gagić 16
Rebs: Kalaitzakis 12
Asts: Normantas 4
PIR: Kalaitzakis 21
Arena: Utena Arena
Attendance: 224
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Artūras Šukys, Gvidas Gedvilas

Third-place game 5

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11 Jun 2021 Lietkabelis 84–63
(Series: 3–2)
Juventus Panevėžys
18:50 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 20–13, 18–14, 24–19
Pts: Normantas, P. Valinskas 19
Rebs: Gagić 11
Asts: P. Valinskas 5
PIR: Lipkevičius, Masiulis 19
Boxscore Pts: Kupšas 14
Rebs: Kupšas 9
Asts: Paliukėnas 4
PIR: Kupšas 20
Arena: Cido Arena
Attendance: 250
Referees: Gytis Vilius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Vilius Mačiulaitis

Final

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Žalgiris 3–0 Rytas 90–75 92–70 84–73

Final Game 1

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2 Jun 2021 Žalgiris 90–75
(Series: 1–0)
Rytas Kaunas
18:50 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 28–12, 20–24, 19–16
Pts: Lauvergne 18
Rebs: Lauvergne 10
Asts: Walkup 7
PIR: Lauvergne 27
Boxscore Pts: Buva 22
Rebs: Echodas 6
Asts: Bičkauskis 5
PIR: Buva 25
Arena: Žalgiris Arena
Attendance: 1044
Referees: Tomas Jasevičius, Jurgis Laurinavičius, Andrius Maleckas

Final Game 2

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5 Jun 2021 Rytas 70–92
(Series: 0–2)
Žalgiris Vilnius
17:20 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 23–21, 15–21, 16–25
Pts: Goudelock 17
Rebs: Butkevičius, Echodas 6
Asts: Girdžiūnas 4
PIR: Radzevičius 17
Boxscore Pts: Hayes 15
Rebs: Jankūnas 5
Asts: Walkup 6
PIR: Walkup 20
Arena: Jeep Arena
Attendance: 1351
Referees: Gytis Vilius, Tomas Jasevičius, Artūras Šukys

Final Game 3

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7 Jun 2021 Žalgiris 84–73
(Series: 3–0)
Rytas Kaunas
18:50 (EEST) Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 25–23, 23–15, 20–20
Pts: Walkup 20
Rebs: Lauvergne 7
Asts: Grigonis 6
PIR: Walkup 25
Boxscore Pts: Goudelock 25
Rebs: Buva 9
Asts: Goudelock 3
PIR: Buva 25
Arena: Žalgiris Arena
Attendance: 1809
Referees: Gytis Vilius, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Gvidas Gedvilas

See also

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References

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